Ayşe

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Rahat ve huzur içinde yaşayan

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ajʃe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ayşe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye1 in 90(measured from records)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 267
  • SYSyria≈1 in 642

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ayşe itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (measured from records)

906,873 people, 2025

#151 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
235 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 90 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AyşeLatin(measured from records)
აიშეGeorgian(measured from records)

Locally spelled Aishe in AL Albania.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Rahat ve huzur içinde yaşayan.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ayşe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ayşe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#6906,8731 in 90907KAyşe148
SY Syria#31≈30,000 est.≈1 in 6422Ayşe7
CN China—≈15,000 est.≈1 in 91K—Ayşe7
AF Afghanistan#50≈7,600 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Ayşe3
CY Cyprus#10≈4,700 est.≈1 in 267—Ayşe24
AT Austria—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 4.6K523——
AL Albania#1891,778as Aishe1 in 1.7K1.8KAishe20

906,873 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ayşe is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, United States, Austria

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Ayse, A'Yşe, Ayše, Ayśe, Aysé

  • Bulgarian given name73 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye

    Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Айше, Aishe, Ayshe, Ayse, Ajshe

  • French given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Syria

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ayse, Aysé, A'Yşe, Aysè, Ãyse

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ayșe, Ayse, Ayṣe

  • Danish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Türkiye, Sweden, Syria

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ayse

  • Croatian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Croatia

    Also written Ayse, Ayše

  • a separate given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus

    Also written Ayse, Ayșe

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Aisha, b. 605Ayşe Hatun, b. 1476Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, b. 1479Leyla Gencer, b. 1928Ayşe Kulin, b. 1941Ajda Pekkan, b. 1946Ayşe Polat, b. 1970Aisha Hinds, b. 1975Ayesha Gaddafi, b. 1976Melisa Sözen, b. 1985
  • Aishab. 605SAnot in their usual nameMuhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
  • Ayşe Hatunb. 1476UAConsorte di Selim I
  • Ayşe Hafsa Sultanb. 1479TRFirst Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534
  • Leyla Gencerb. 1928TRnot in their usual nameTurkish opera singer (1924–2008)
  • Ayşe Kulinb. 1941TRTurkish novelist (born 1941)
  • Ajda Pekkanb. 1946TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor and singer (born 1946)
  • Ayşe Polatb. 1970TRTurkish-German film director and writer (born 1970)
  • Aisha Hindsb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Ayesha Gaddafib. 1976LYnot in their usual nameLibyan colonel and lawyer
  • Melisa Sözenb. 1985TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1985)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Ayşe,Hi Ayşe, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Ayşe
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2018963K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2019958K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2020950K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2021941K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2022934K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2023925K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2024916K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used given names2025907K#2
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — newborn names20182.5K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — newborn names20192.2K#29
SY SyriaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—2#188
TR TürkiyeTÜİK — Statistics on Child (baby names)2021—#36

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ayşe?
A machine transcription gives /ajʃe/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Ayşe mean?
Recorded meaning: Rahat ve huzur içinde yaşayan.
Is Ayşe a male or female name?
Ayşe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Ayşe?
In the etymology graph, Aisha, Aisyah and Aishah are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Ayşe have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 907 thousand people named Ayşe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ayşe.
Where is Ayşe most common?
Ayşe is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 90 people carrying it.
How common is the name Ayşe?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 906,873 people named Ayşe in 2025, about 1 in 90 residents.
How common is Ayşe compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Ayşe is the 6th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ayşe” — the 6th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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